Adams v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding permissible use of terms “actual and substantial doubt” and “moral certainty”
• finding permissible use of terms “actual and substantial doubt” and “moral certainty”
• finding permissible use of terms “actual and substantial doubt” and “moral certainty”
• finding permissible use of terms \actual and substantial doubt\ and \moral certainty\
• convict if convinced beyond a reasonable doubt and to moral certainty of guilt; defines reasonable doubt as not capricious, fanciful, vague, or imaginary, but as actual and substantial doubt arising from consideration of evidence or lack of it

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Taylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-07-08· cited 199×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-03-06· cited 117×
• State v. Morley
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1991-09-20· cited 113×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-02-28· cited 100×
• Gaddy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-05-26· cited 96×
• Dobyne v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-04-15· cited 86×
• Stewart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-09-26· cited 79×
• Slaton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-04-14· cited 77×
• Hart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-02-28· cited 77×
• Stewart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-05-01· cited 74×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-09-20· cited 73×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-07-03· cited 63×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-09-20· cited 60×
• Minshew v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-10-25· cited 43×
• Freeman v. State.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-05-08· cited 38×
• Stone v. City of Huntsville
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-09-30· cited 17×
• Murphy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-10-11· cited 17×
• Wesson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-03-25· cited 15×
• Earhart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-08-23· cited 12×
• Sciscoe v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-06-12· cited 5×

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cage v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-13· cited 1,172×
• Donahoo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-10-14· cited 132×
• Wysinger v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-11-29· cited 102×
• Whitlow v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-04-14· cited 97×
• Henry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-12-11· cited 89×
• Orr v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-10-09· cited 88×
• Ex Parte Henry
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-03-29· cited 63×
• Sasser v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-09-09· cited 54×
• Hayes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-11-25· cited 49×
• McQueen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-02-07· cited 49×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-12-30· cited 46×
• Hayes v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-03-24· cited 43×
• Lambeth v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-08-17· cited 40×
• Varner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1982-08-24· cited 37×
• Armstrong v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-10-13· cited 32×
• Ashlock v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-12-19· cited 26×
• Parks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-05-25· cited 23×
• Lambeth v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-11-20· cited 19×
• Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Attorney General
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-02-23· cited 13×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-04-11· cited 11×